And...a-five, six, seven, eight!
The nominations are out for the 66th Annual Tony Awards, setting the stage for a toe-tapping, booty-shimmying showdown among Broadway vets and newcomers, not to mention enough star power to keep those marquees burning bright!
Front and center are flashy movie-to-stage adaptations like Newsies, Ghost the Musical and Once, which led the field with 11 nods, including Best Musical.
Hollywood was also amply repped with noms for Andrew Garfield, Cynthia Nixon and Philip Seymour Hoffman, among others.
But did Broadway's most headline-grabbing (and bone-breaking) show, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, manage to swing any nods?
Guess Peter Parker's Spidey sense failed him: The controversial Julie Taymorâ€"directed musical only managed to score two nodsâ€"Best Costume Design of a Musical and Best Scenic Design of a Musical.
Not such bad news for Once, though, which will square off for Best Musical against Newsies, Nice Work If You Can Get It and Leap of Faith.
In the Best Play race, anointed front-runner Clybourne Park will duke it out against Other Desert Cities, Peter and the Starcatcher and Venus in Fur.
The star-studded redo of Evita, starring Ricky Martin (who wasn't nominated), scored a nod for Best Revival of a Musical, and it'll go up against Follies, The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess and Jesus Christ Superstar.
The field for Best Revival of a Play, meanwhile, includes Gore Vidal's The Best Man, Master Class, Wit and Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman.
That last play is pretty noteworthy for another victory: scoring a nod for a different Spidey. Garfield, who plays the webslinger in the upcoming The Amazing Spider-Man, scored his first Tony nod for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play.
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Speaking of star power, this year's lineup also included acting noms for Philip Seymour Hoffman (Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman), James Earl Jones (Gore Vidal's The Best Man), Nixon (Wit), Audra McDonald (The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess), Frank Langella (Man and Boy) and John Lithgow (The Columnist).
This year's show, which unspools on June 10, will be hosted by Neil Patrick Harris, who'll mark his third go-round as Tony Awards ringleader.
Bernadette Peters is scheduled to received the Isabelle Stevenson Award for her humanitarian work, while jack-of-all trades showman Hugh Jackman, whose recent show Hugh Jackman, Back on Broadway was a massive hit, will be feted with a special Tony Award for his "contributions to the Broadway community."
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Here's the full list of nominees:
Best Play
Clybourne Park
Other Desert Cities
Peter and the Starcatcher
Venus in Fur
Best Musical
Leap of Faith
Newsies
Nice Work If You Can Get It
Once
Best Revival of a Play
Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman
Gore Vidal's The Best Man
Master Class
Wit
Best Revival of a Musical
Evita
Follies
The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
Jesus Christ Superstar
Best Book of a Musical
Lysistrata Jones
Newsies
Nice Work If You Can Get It
Once

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
Bonnie & Clyde
Newsies
One Man, Two Guvnors
Peter and the Starcatcher
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
James Corden, One Man, Two Guvnors

Philip Seymour Hoffman, Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman

James Earl Jones, Gore Vidal's The Best Man

Frank Langella, Man and Boy

John Lithgow, The Columnist

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
Nina Arianda, Venus in Fur

Tracie Bennett, End of the Rainbow

Stockard Channing, Other Desert Cities

Linda Lavin, The Lyons

Cynthia Nixon, Wit

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical
Danny Burstein, Follies

Jeremy Jordan, Newsies

Steve Kazee, Once

Norm Lewis, The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess

Ron Raines, Follies

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
Jan Maxwell, Follies

Audra McDonald, The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess

Cristin Milioti, Once

Kelli O'Hara, Nice Work If You Can Get It

Laura Osnes, Bonnie & Clyde

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play
Christian Borle, Peter and the Starcatcher

Michael Cumpsty, End of the Rainbow

Tom Edden, One Man, Two Guvnors

Andrew Garfield, Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman

Jeremy Shamos, Clybourne Park

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play
Linda Emond, Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman

Spencer Kayden, Don't Dress for Dinner

Celia Keenan-Bolger, Peter and the Starcatcher

Judith Light, Other Desert Cities

Condola Rashad, Stick Fly
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical
Phillip Boykin, The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess

Michael Cerveris, Evita

David Alan Grier, The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess

Michael McGrath, Nice Work If You Can Get It

Josh Young, Jesus Christ Superstar

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
Elizabeth A. Davis, Once

Jayne Houdyshell, Follies

Judy Kaye, Nice Work If You Can Get It

Jessie Mueller, On A Clear Day You Can See Forever

Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Ghost the Musical

Best Scenic Design of a Play
Other Desert Cities

Clybourne Park

One Man, Two Guvnors

Peter and the Starcatcher

Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Once

Ghost the Musical

Newsies

Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark

Best Costume Design of a Play
Don't Dress for Dinner
A Streetcar Named Desire
One Man, Two Guvnors

Peter and the Starcatcher

Best Costume Design of a Musical
Follies

The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess

Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark

Nice Work If You Can Get It

Best Lighting Design of a Play
Peter and the Starcatcher

The Road to Mecca

Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman

Other Desert Cities

Best Lighting Design of a Musical
The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess

Follies

Once
Ghost the Musical

Best Sound Design of a Play
One Man, Two Guvnors

Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman

End of the Rainbow

Peter and the Starcatcher

Best Sound Design of a Musical
The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess

Once

Follies

Nice Work If You Can Get It

Best Choreography
Evita

Newsies

Once

Nice Work If You Can Get It

Best Direction of a Play
One Man, Two Guvnors

Clybourne Park

Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman

Peter and the Starcatcher

Best Direction of a Musical
Newsies

Nice Work If You Can Get It

The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess

Once
Best Orchestrations
The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess

Nice Work If You Can Get It

Once

Newsies
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